Buffalo skyline was lit up for kidney month
Buffalo is known as the "City of Light" as well as the "City of Good Neighbors." Landmarks across the city were lit up in blue, yellow...
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- Mar 23
Buffalo Landmarks will be Illuminated March 23 for Kidney Month
The Dome of City Hall is among the sites to be lit blue, yellow and green March is National Kidney Month and the “City of Light” is...
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- Mar 22
Dept. of Health Urges New Yorkers to Take Steps to Prevent Chronic Kidney Disease
In New York State, 30% of Adults Have High Blood Pressure & More Than 10% Have Diabetes, the Most Frequent Causes of Chronic Kidney...
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- Mar 14
World Kidney Day Illuminations
The Peace Bridge and Niagara Falls were lit up in yellow and blue the evening of March 9, 2023 in honor of World Kidney Day.
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- Mar 14
Interview with Kidney Transplant Recipient Tanesha Adams
Tanesha Adams received a diagnosis of kidney disease in 2018 and had a kidney transplant at Erie County Medical Center in 2020.
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- Mar 14
Take Steps to Protect Kidney Health
Kidney disease is considered to be a “silent disease,” since it usually doesn’t have clear symptoms in its early stages. Up to 90 percent...
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- Feb 28
Emergency preparedness is a focus for World Kidney Day
World Kidney Day will be celebrated globally on Thursday, March 9. This year's theme is "Kidney Health for All - Preparing for the unexpecte
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- Feb 24
Health Screening Fair Set for March 4
Majority Leader Crystal Peoples-Stokes, Kidney Foundation of Western New York, Kidney Health Together and Roswell Park Comprehensive...
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- Feb 7
Minority Donation and Transplant Stakeholders Council
ConnectLife Blood and Organ Donor Network is seeking members to serve on the Minority Donation and Transplant Stakeholders Council. The...
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- Jan 23
Presentative Services Task Force Draft on Screening for Kidney Disease is Open for Review & Comment
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has posted a draft research plan on screening for chronic kidney disease. The draft research plan...
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- Jan 12
Forty years of life made possible by a kidney transplant
Jan Schichtel of Franklinville recently celebrated 40 years since receiving her kidney transplant, a gift made possible by the generosity...
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- Jan 10
Living Kidney Donation Awareness Event Honored Local Mason Gary Garippo
We hear from a living donor and people awaiting kidney transplant in the latest Kidney Conversations podcast. Recorded at the Gary...
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- Jan 6
Waiting time adjustment approved for kidney transplant candidates affected by race-based calculation
The Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) has approved a process intended to improve transplant equity by backdating the...
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- Jan 5
Organ Donation Awareness Event and Blood Drive will Honor Local Mason
The Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons Community Service Committee and the Blood and Organ Donor Committee, in cooperation with the...
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- Dec 22, 2022
WKBW | One kidney transplant recipient opening doors for other patients as they receive donors
A kidney transplant recipient who searched for a donor has now led three additional kidney transplant patients to receive donors. WKBW...
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- Dec 17, 2022
Gary Garippo Memorial Blood Drive and Organ Donor Awareness Event
Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons Blood and Organ Donor Committee in cooperation with the Kidney Foundation of WNY and ConnectLife...
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- Dec 16, 2022
Wellness @ Central
Thanks to the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library for including the Kidney Foundation of WNY in recent Wellness @ Central activities....
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- Dec 13, 2022
Action Alert: Urge Gov. Hochul to Sign The Doorways to Donation Act of 2022
The Doorways to Donation Act (S.8805 Breslin/A.10186 Gunther) integrates the donor designation question into administrative processes by...
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- Dec 8, 2022
Preparing for Emergencies
For people receiving dialysis or living with a kidney transplant, planning for emergencies and disasters can be the difference between...
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- Nov 22, 2022
GivingTuesday: Support the Kidney Foundation of WNY's work
Created in 2012, GivingTuesday is based on a simple idea: a day that encourages people to do good. Over the past ten years, this idea has...
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